Either Uber isn't paying it's moles in the DoJ enough

This is what happens when a company sets all this stuff up but because it is "Techie", "App-Based" and has no real assets, the originators believe that the are completely above any laws. This is compounded by the idiotic venture capitalists that provide the money because it is a way of making a quick buck.

If someone came up with real, hard engineering ideas then it would be stifled by regulation, lack of funding and indifference.

I moan about my time at IBM quite a bit, but one thing IBM had nailed, was this compliance lark. We all had to re-certify each year, taking little courses on Business Conduct Guidelines, export regulations, etc.

Having said that, it shouldn't take a course to inform staff that bribery is wrong.

Not even slightly surprising

Companies like Uber who have to operate worldwide very soon realise that in half the world, it's really is only possible to do business if you bribe: very sad, but still true. Oh, normally it goes via an "agent", but the local customs / police / monopolies can literally block you from operating very easily, and there's no recourse: they are the powers that be :-(